The official crowd was 30,129, but somehow thousands more found a way in to create a joyous atmosphere on packed terraces that would soon make way for an all-seater St James’ Park.

There were crowd renditions of Queen’s We Are The Champions, Lindisfarne’s Run For Home, and even the Liverpool anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone, which had been a copy-cat staple for many clubs’ terrace choirs back in the 1970s.

The match was a blur of goals with United incredibly 6-0 up at half-time on front of the TV cameras.

David Kelly and Andy Cole both notched hat-tricks, with Rob Lee also hitting the net.

It was a game that will live forever in the memory for those who were there, and was the catalyst for the white-knuckle ride of Keegan’s Entertainers in the Premier League over the next few seasons.